The Luweero–Butalangu Road is a road in the Central Region of

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...

, connecting the town of

Luweero Luweero is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Luweero District. History In 1982, in the Ugandan Civil War, Milton Obote's soldiers raided their village, from Kampala. Loca ...

, the political headquarters of

Luweero District Luweero District (also spelled as Luwero) is a district in the Central Region of Uganda. Luweero is the site of the district headquarters. Location Luweero District is bordered by Nakasongola District to the north, Kayunga District to the east, ...

, with the town of Butalangu, the political and administrative headquarters of

Nakaseke District Nakaseke District is a district in Central Uganda. It is named after Nakaseke, the largest town in the district. However, the district headquarters are located at Butalangu. Location Nakaseke District is bordered by Nakasongola District to the ...

Location

The road starts at

(pop. 42,734), and continues through

Kiwoko Kiwoko is a small town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is one of the municipalities in Nakaseke District. Location Kiwoko is approximately , by road, west of Luweero, the largest town in the sub-region. Kiwoko is approximately , by road, ...

(pop. 11,013), to end at Butalangu (pop. 3,873), a total distance of approximately . The geographical coordinates of this road immediately west of downtown Kiwoko are:0°51'19.0"N, 32°20'27.0"E (Latitude:0.855278; Longitude:32.340833).

Upgrading to bitumen

In December 2016, the

Uganda National Roads Authority The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) is a government agency mandated to develop and maintain the national roads network, advise the government on general roads policy, contribute to the addressing of national transport concerns, and perform ...

(UNRA) announced its intention to upgrade the gravel surfaced road to class II bitumen surface. The improvements are budgeted at US$40 million co-financed by the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), and are expected to last two years. UNRA sought parliamentary approval to borrow the required funds and received approval in December 2016. In February 2017, BADEA and the government of Uganda signed loan agreements at BADEA's headquarters in

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, for the funding portion of the road upgrade that BADEA has agreed to finance. Sidi Ould TAH, Director General of BADEA signed on behalf of BADEA and

Matia Kasaija Matia Kasaija is a Ugandan politician. He is the current Minister of Finance in Uganda's Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 1 March 2015, replacing Maria Kiwanuka, who was appointed to Senior Presidential Advisor for Finance. From 27 ...

, Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development for the Republic of Uganda signed for Uganda. In UNRA's end-of-year report for 2016/2017, which ended on 30 June 2017, this road is listed among those road projects at the "Feasibility study for road upgrading" stage.

References

External links

Uganda National Road Authority Homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Luweero-Butalangu Road Roads in Uganda Luweero District Nakaseke District Central Region, Uganda

Location

Upgrading to bitumen

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